Ingot-delivery car.



PATENTED JULY 4, 7905. T. JAMIE INGOT DELIVERY GAR.

APPLIGATIOII FILED APB..18,-190 1.

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INGOT DELIVERY CAR.

APPLICATION I'ILED APR. 18, 190%.

PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,877, dated July 4:,1905.

Application filed April 18, 1904. Serial No. 203.635.

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Be it known that I, Tnon'iis JAMns, of Braddock, Allegheny county,Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful. .lmprovement iningot-Delivery Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specilication, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional sideelevation of my improved apparatus, showing the car in position about totilt the ingot-holder and deposit the ingot on the feed-tame, theextreme tilted position being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the car and tilting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a sectional endelevation showing the manner in which the car is held on the track whilethe holder is being tilted.

My invention relates to cars in which ingots are delivered to and placedon. a rollingmill or other feed-table, and .is designed to providesimple and ellicient mechanism for tilting the ingot-holder on the car,and thus to discharge the ingot.

It comprises a Wheeled car, a tilting holder and mechanism by which theholder auto- .matically tilted. and the ingot deposited on thefeed-table and by which the holder is returned to its normal uprightposition in readiness to receive another ingot, and it also is providedwith means by which the car is prevented from being lifted from thetrack while the ingot-holder is being tilted.

It also comprises a locking device by which the holder is locked in itsupright position on the car while the ingot is being placed into theingot-holder and while the car is being moved along its track betweenthe point at which the holder receives the ingot and the point at whichit tilted and the ingot deposited on the feed-table and mechanism bywhich the locking device is antonmtically operated.

In the drawings, in which. is shown the preferred form of my invention,2 represents a car-frame having wheels 3 3, which. rest on track-rails4-.

The tilting holder 5 is mounted on the car-frame, its front endbeingcarried by the pivot-shalt 6 1n the liiearings 7 and the rear end by'proji-icting lugs 5%, which. rest on the car-frame 2 and limit thedownward travel. of the swinging or rear end of the holder. On each endof the pivot-shaft 6 is a double arm 9, having a friction-roller 10 ateach end.

1] .l 1 are holder-tilting guides, the double inclined faces of whichtilt the holder 5 through the arms 9 and pivot-shaft 6. By means of theswinging latch 12, which engages with the catch 13 on the rear of theholder 5, the holder is locked, and tilting of the holderon the(air-frame is prevented until. the holder is antmnatically released bythe engagement and tripping of the latch by the stationary stop [4,located between the tilt ing guides 10 ll).

On each side of the car-frame is a stop 15, which engages withvguard-rails 16 on the sides of the tilting guides 10 and keep the war onthe track-rails while the ingot-holder is being tilted.

The car is connected by the plate 17 with the driving-rope 18, which. isoperated by a suitable driving-motor. (Not shown.)

In the operation of my improved tilting car the ingot is placed in theholder and the car moved along the track toward the feed table. Then thecar reaches the relative position with the tilting guides shown in Fig.l, the locking device is released by engagement of the latch with stopl4, and the friction-rollers on the tilting arms then come into contactwith the double inelinml faces of the tilting guides, which during thebalance of the forward. travel. of the ear tilts the ingot-holderforward, so as to discharge the ingot on the feed-table rollers, as isshown by dotted lines in Fig. l. By means of the stops on the ear-framewhich. engage with the guard-rails on the sides of the tilting guidesthe possibility of the *ar being lifted from the track-rails while theholder is being tilted is avoided, and on reversing the direction of thetravel. of the :ar the holder is retn'l'ned to its upright position onthe car by the positive action of the tilting arms, and the holder isantomatimilly locked in this position until again 1'(.\lease(.l by theforward. travel of the car.

Damage to the feed-table which might result from the shock of the ingotsfalling for- Ward from a nearly perpendicular position is avoided by theuse of the double tilting arms, which insure a gradual tilting motion,the front arms serving to restrain the holder from falling forwardsuddenly.

The advantages of my invention arise from the simple construction of thecar and tilt ing mechanism. All the parts are above the car-track andare easy of access when being renewed or repaired. The possibility ofthe holder tipping and spilling the ingot out of the holder while beingtransferred to the feed-table is avoided by the use of the automaticlocking device. The holder is returned to its upright position on thecar by the positive action of the double arms on the faces of the doubleinclined tilting guides.

Bythe use of the double inclined tilting guides and double tilting armsthe holder and ingot are under the control of the opera tor throughoutthe tilting operation. The car is easily operated and not liable to getout of order. The car may be applied to other uses than the delivery ofingots or delivering to a rolling-mill feed-table, and variations in theconstruction of the car and tipping mechanism may be made withoutdeparting from my invention, since What I claim is 1. The combination ofa feed-table, a de livery-car having a tilting holder, means for drawingthe car to and from the table, and means for positively tilting theholder into horizontal position to discharge an article upon the tableand for moving it back positively into upright position; substantiallyas described.

2. A delivery-car having a tilting holder, arms on the holder andinclined guides enaging the arms, positively tilting the holder 'forwardon the car, and returning it to norbeing lifted from its track while theholder is being tilted; substantially as described.

4. A delivery-car having a tilting holder, a locking device for theholder, means for operating the locking device and mechanism forgradually tilting the holder on the car 1 substantially as described.

5. An ingot-delivery car having a tilting holder, a locking deviceadapted to lock the holder on the car, means for automatically operatingthe locking device, and guides by which the holder is tilted forward onand returned to its normal position on the car, and a retaining devicefor retaining the car on its track while the holder is being tilted; substantially as described.

6. An ingot-delivery car having a tilting holder, a locking deviceadapted to lock the holder on the car, means for automatically operatingthe locking device, and means by which the holder is gradually tilted onthe car and the ingot deposited on the feed-table; substantially asdescribed.

'7 A track, a car movable thereon, a holder pivoted on the car, doublearms on the car, a double inclined guide arranged to contact with thearms and cause the tilting of the holder, and means for holding the caron its track while tilting the holder; substantially as described.

8. A track, a car movable thereon, a holder pivoted on the car, doublearms on the car, a double inclined guide arranged to contact with thearms and cause the tilting of the holder; substantially as described.

9. A car having a holder pivotally mounted thereon, tilting arms on thepivot-shaft, a guide arranged to tilt the holder in both directions, alocking device to lock the holder on the car and means for automaticallyoperating the locking device; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand April 18, 1904.

THOMAS JAMES.

Vitnesses THOMAS 1V. BAKEWELL, RICHARD D. LITTLE.

